Travel-Sized Button Garden

We're getting ready to go visit grandma and grandpa-yay!  I made this Felt Button Garden about a month ago for Kay and it has been on vacation with us twice now.  

{This Little Project} is going with us again because it rolls up nice and small and is a great hands-on coordination builder for long car and airplane rides.


Want to make {This Little Project}?

You need:

Felt in a variety of colors

scissors

buttons

needle and thread

First I cut the shapes free hand and then stitched them onto a piece of felt by hand too, along with the buttons.  The whole thing took about an hour. 


It's fun to use a variety of colors and sizes for your buttons.

Then cut a little slit in each of your flower shapes so they can be buttoned on:


I think I may add some sunshine and a cloud sometime, now that it's looking warmer outside here.

Kay really enjoys playing with this and is getting really good and doing buttons.


Plus, it's kinda fun having a garden that can travel.  We're going to have to find someone to water our other one while we're gone.  


2 comments:

Ticia said...

That is so cute! I'm trying to decide if my kiddos would play with it enough for it to be worth doing......

Liz said...

Love this idea! Thanks!

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